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Zepplins can be run with very minimal environmental cost. They are slower, though. Airplanes are extremely energy-hungry and carbon-intensive. Just one inter
by reality_czech 11y ago
Zepplins can be run with very minimal environmental cost. They are slower, though.
Airplanes are extremely energy-hungry and carbon-intensive. Just one intercontinental round trip can put as much carbon per person into the air as a half a year of driving, assuming you have a new-ish car. And yes, this is after dividing the total emissions by the number of passengers.
- bzbarsky 11y agoAn intercontinental round trip is in the range of 10-15k miles, right? That's a plausible mileage for 6 months of driving, sure. Would match up with my understanding that fuel use for planes per passenger-mile is about the same as for cars with just a driver. The big difference, of course, it that it takes a lot less time to travel that many miles in a plane. But on a per-passenger-mile basis they're no worse than non-carpooling cars. Admittedly a low bar.